Never played these two games, but really looking forward to this thread! I remember HEARING how difficult the first FF games were, which led me to stray away from them

If you have a PlayStation 1 get a collection called Final Fantasy Origins. It has the first and second games, but with better graphics, the ability to hold more than sixteen items and a few other improvements. they have two difficulty levels for the first game and I can't remember but they may have had two for the second game too. But on normal difficulty you get the same experience as the original NES version. And on easy it's still a great game, just too easy. FFII I can warn you about but I was warned for years and I still played it. I guess patience is the key to that game.